The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 1953
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
10:44 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 381
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 | 223.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 317.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 55m / 26.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.44° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.32° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.