The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 25, 1980
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
9:46 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 715
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 | 205.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 312.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 14.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.96° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.03° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.