The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 25, 2014
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
8:00 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1136
Events on this date
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 137.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.04° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.11° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.