The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 1978
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 685
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 | 223.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.62° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.43° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.