The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 25, 2003
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
6:54 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1000
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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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.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 154.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -11.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.67° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.60° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.