The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 25, 1960
Waxing Crescent
31.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
11:22 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 468
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 104.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.47° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.18° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.