The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 1942
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
9:06 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 245
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 | 197.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 318.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 12.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.02° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.46° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.