The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 25, 2021
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
12:40 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1222
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 298.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 25.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.54° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.43° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.