The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 2052
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
5:38 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1600
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.0° / 210.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 8.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.81° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.19° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.