The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 25, 2138
Last Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2669
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 21.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.17° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / -1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.74° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.