The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 25, 2085
First Quarter
45.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2014
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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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 | 84.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 93.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.26° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.34° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.