The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 1998
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
9:26 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 938
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 | 57.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -19.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.96° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.27° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.