The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 25, 1986
Last Quarter
52.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 789
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 25.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.98° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.88° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.