The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 2130
Last Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2568
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 50m / 15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.73° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.34° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.