The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 2187
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 PM
12:54 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3273
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 12.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.69° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.31° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.56° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.