The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 25, 2146
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
1:05 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2768
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 284.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.36° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.14° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.