The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 1974
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 636
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 83.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 48m / 17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.65° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.08° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.