The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 25, 1971
Waxing Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
11:09 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 604
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 | 71.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -25.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.59° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.94° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| 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.