The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 29, 2025
First Quarter
50.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.0%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1272
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -21.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.32° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.88° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.