The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 25, 1959
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 450
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 | 223.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -17.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.48° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.61° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.