The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 25, 1999
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
8:31 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 950
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 323.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 10.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.78° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.69° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| 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.