The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 2161
First Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2954
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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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 | 86.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 90.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.14° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.72° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.48° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| 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.