The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 1952
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
11:07 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 364
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 | 21.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 27.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.85° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.78° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.