The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 25, 2040
Waning Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
1:28 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1457
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 | 244.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 293.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 26.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.17° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.22° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.