The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 25, 1963
First Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 505
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.87° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.30° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.