The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 25, 2106
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
5:54 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2273
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 175.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -8.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.43° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.35° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.