The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 25, 1925
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
11:28 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 30
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.6° / 93.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.38° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.92° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.