The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 1929
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
7:21 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 79
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -26.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.25° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.62° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.