The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 1901
First Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
12:55 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -267
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.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 3.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.16° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.45° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| 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.