The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 2000
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
12:18 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 957
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.37° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / 3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.23° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.