The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 25, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
1:54 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2286
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 67.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -9.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.32° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.82° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.