The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Waxing Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
10:58 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1173
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 107.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.78° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.97° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.