The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 2025
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 AM
8:05 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1272
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 134.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -26.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.77° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.84° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.