The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 25, 1998
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
8:41 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 932
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.0° / 136.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 05m / 15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.21° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.92° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 7.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.