The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 25, 1990
Waxing Crescent
38.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
11:42 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.7%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 839
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -23.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.80° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.13° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.