The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
3:52 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1247
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 33.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -7.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.04° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.08° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.