The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 2108
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
10:37 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2296
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 | 224.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.43° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.70° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.