The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 1970
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
3:30 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 591
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 | 308.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 241.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 6.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.83° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / 1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.68° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.