The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 2103
Waning Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 AM
3:46 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2234
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 49m / 24.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.82° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.04° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.16° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.