The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 25, 2066
First Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1779
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.91° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / -2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.15° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.