The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 25, 2027
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
4:22 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1296
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 4.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.76° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.39° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.