The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3125
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -27.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.12° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.23° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.