The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 25, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
1:15 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 975
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 77.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.18° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.72° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.