The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 25, 1919
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
7:40 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -39
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 140.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.90° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.95° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| 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.