The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 25, 1956
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
6:48 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 413
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -21.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.88° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.81° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.