The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 25, 2174
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
7:39 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3112
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 | 340.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.6° / 164.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 19.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.53° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.95° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.