The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 2025
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
6:10 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1271
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 167.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -9.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.16° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.32° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.