The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1925
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
10:39 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 30
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.1° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.45° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.16° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.