The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 2025
Waxing Crescent
22.3% 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
12:59 PM
9:41 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1272
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -28.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.56° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.44° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.