The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 25, 2046
Waning Crescent
20.3% 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
3:10 AM
4:14 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1531
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 227.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 5.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.07° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.19° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| 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.