The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 1996
First Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
1:50 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 908
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 68.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.54° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.14° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.