The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 25, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
1:04 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3090
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 78.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.31° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.06° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| 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.