The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 1910
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
5:55 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -156
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 298.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -25.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.87° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / 2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.36° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.