The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 25, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
6:41 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 913
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 | 168.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 349.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 6.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.64° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.13° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.