The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 25, 1975
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
12:45 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 653
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.80° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.47° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| 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.