The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 25, 1938
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
7:13 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 196
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 146.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.53° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.63° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.