The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 25, 1979
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
10:14 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 703
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 | 53.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 113.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.47° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.58° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.