The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 25, 1970
Waning Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
10:23 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 586
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -21.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.93° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.03° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.