The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 25, 1927
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
6:00 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 60
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 172.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -8.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.91° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.12° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 216.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.