The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 25, 1987
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
7:13 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 796
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.4° / 184.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.30° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.44° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.