The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% 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
2:02 PM
2:41 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 339
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 58.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 8.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.55° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.13° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.