The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 1943
Waning Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
12:09 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 252
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 | 258.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 249.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.82° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.83° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.