The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 1994
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
6:33 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 883
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 | 187.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.1° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -20.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.41° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.24° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.