The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 1939
First Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
1:29 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 203
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 71.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.50° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.58° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| 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.