The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
4:07 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 710
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 | 132.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 35.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -2.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.70° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.93° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.