The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
5:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1148
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Venus gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 7.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 1.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.48° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.