The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 1986
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
7:21 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 784
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 | 205.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 270.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -27.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.84° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.83° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.