The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 1921
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
9:27 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -20
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -17.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.40° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.22° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.