The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
3:19 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2222
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.6° / 36.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.75° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.22° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.