The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 25, 1908
Waning Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
3:06 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -181
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 235.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / -1.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.21° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.02° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.