The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 25, 1928
Waxing Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 PM
2:07 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 67
Events on this date
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 63.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 17.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.61° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.22° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.80° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.