The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 25, 1936
Waxing Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
12:30 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 166
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 | 61.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.10° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.19° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.45° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.