The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 2006
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
7:31 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1031
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 | 339.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.0° / 178.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.12° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.25° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.