The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 1966
Waxing Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
1:23 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 537
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 | 67.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 69.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.42° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.40° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.