The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 1982
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
11:49 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 735
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 | 34.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 90.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 39m / 22.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.94° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.74° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.