The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 25, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
3:54 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 376
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 | 144.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 33.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.17° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.13° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.