The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2025
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 AM
6:32 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1272
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 157.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -14.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.15° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.53° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 353.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.