The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
12:52 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1271
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 82.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -24.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.95° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.08° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.