The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 25, 2115
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2385
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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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 | 89.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -24.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.37° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.45° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| 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.