The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 1997
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
9:17 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 920
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 | 221.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 270.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.34° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.24° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.