The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 25, 1906
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
9:51 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -205
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.55° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.22° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.