The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 1989
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
10:17 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 821
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 | 238.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -21.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.76° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.83° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.