The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 25, 1917
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
11:42 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -69
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 90.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.15° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.76° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.