The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 25, 1973
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 AM
6:05 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 628
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 165.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -14.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.54° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.32° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.