The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 25, 1924
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
4:31 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 22
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 220.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 3.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.82° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.94° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.