The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 19, 2025
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 AM
5:49 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1271
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 180.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -3.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.08° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.11° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.