The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 25, 2018
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
8:38 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1185
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 | 192.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 322.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 11.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.23° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.48° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.