The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 25, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
1:44 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 406
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 | 109.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 69.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -10.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.69° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.69° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.