The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 25, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% 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
3:45 PM
2:33 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 641
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 58.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -6.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.03° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.91° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.