The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 25, 2104
Waxing Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
10:14 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2247
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 111.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.55° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.73° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.