The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 25, 2079
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
7:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1940
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 149.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.75° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.56° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.