The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 25, 1956
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 418
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 279.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 16m / 18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.94° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.83° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| 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.