The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 1941
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
8:18 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 227
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.1° / 144.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 15.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.93° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.73° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.