The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
4:04 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 846
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 | 148.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 26.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.24° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.76° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.