The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 25, 2013
Waning Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
1:32 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1123
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.03° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.25° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.04° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.