The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 25, 1952
First Quarter
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
11:20 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 369
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 106.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.23° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.05° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.