The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 1932
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
11:29 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 116
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 249.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -18.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.25° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / 4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.62° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.