The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 1957
Waning Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
5:07 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 425
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 | 313.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.2° / 222.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 9.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.10° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.38° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.