The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 1948
Waning Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
7:52 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 314
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 | 211.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -27.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.69° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.42° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.