The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 25, 1923
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
7:28 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 10
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 340.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 11.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.47° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.18° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.