The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 25, 2056
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
9:43 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1655
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 314.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 41m / 15.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.72° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.05° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.