The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 25, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
4:04 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 542
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 30.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -7.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.58° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.29° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.