The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
4:15 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 611
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.8° / 18.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.91° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.35° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.