The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 25, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
5:02 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2828
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 337.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.07° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.43° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.