The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
1:54 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1210
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.27° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.93° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.