The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 25, 2025
Waxing Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
8:49 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1272
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -27.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.63° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.42° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.63° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.