The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
5:57 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 109
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 6.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 9.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.97° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.39° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.