The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 1954
Last Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
1:25 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 388
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -5.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.05° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.20° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.27° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.