The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
1:19 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 171
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.15° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.81° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.