The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
4:02 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 945
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 37.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -1.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.45° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.35° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.