The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
1:38 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1007
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 21.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.60° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.79° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.