The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
2:07 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -32
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 65.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 2.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.86° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.94° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.16° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.