The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
3:40 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 475
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 | 123.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 44.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -0.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.64° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.71° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.