The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 25, 2191
First Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3325
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 94.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -24.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.73° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.41° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.