The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 1976
Waning Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
5:49 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 660
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 | 322.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.0° / 210.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 11.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.99° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.19° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.