The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 25, 1981
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
11:51 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 722
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 | 255.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 249.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 30m / -16.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.59° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.26° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.44° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.