The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
5:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 42
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 358.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.99° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.34° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.