The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 25, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
4:16 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 208
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 3.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.98° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.