The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 1959
Waning Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
1:57 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 455
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 | 279.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 13.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.37° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.23° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.