The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 25, 1973
Last Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
1:39 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 623
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -4.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.90° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.51° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.06° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.