The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
7:16 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1019
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 | 204.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 270.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -28.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.28° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.64° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.