The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 1975
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
6:24 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 648
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 12:00 AM, is deepest at 1:47 AM and ends at 3:35 AM. Totality lasts from 1:03 AM to 2:32 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 300.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.19° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.42° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.