The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 1938
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
4:35 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 190
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 | 307.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 228.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / 7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.37° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.55° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.56° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.