The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 25, 1957
Waxing Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
8:40 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 431
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 129.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.91° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.32° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.