The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 2009
First Quarter
46.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1074
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 94.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.46° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.34° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.