The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 2147
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
7:59 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2778
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.7° / 147.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 12.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.96° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.82° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.