The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
8:06 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1271
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 329.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 11.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.74° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.91° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.