The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
8:23 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 131.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -27.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.00° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.44° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.