The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 25, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
3:46 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1482
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 | 135.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -7.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.05° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.28° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.