The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 2181
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
8:04 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3199
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.24° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.71° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.