The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 25, 1984
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
7:32 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 765
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 142.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -16.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.59° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.18° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.