The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 25, 2098
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
8:03 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2172
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.8° / 151.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.86° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.18° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.