The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 25, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
5:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -27
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 7.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 5.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.32° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.13° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.