The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
2:58 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 809
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 | 111.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 1.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.09° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.53° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.