The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 1985
Waxing Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
1:23 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 772
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 | 66.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 69.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 22.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.95° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / -6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.59° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.