The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 2071
Waxing Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
8:39 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1841
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 | 30.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 129.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.50° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.88° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.