The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 2180
Waxing Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
10:39 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3187
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.59° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.74° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.