The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 1935
Last Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
1:36 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 153
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 246.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -5.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.96° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.45° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.