The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 25, 2170
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
8:26 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3065
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 328.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 13.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.45° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.36° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.