The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 25, 1962
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
5:43 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 492
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.3° / 194.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 3.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.38° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.84° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.