The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 1992
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
5:16 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 863
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 179.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.56° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.63° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.