The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 1987
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
7:18 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 802
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 | 37.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 142.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -26.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.26° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.73° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.