The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 1905
Last Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
11:46 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -218
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -11.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.21° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.93° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| 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.