The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 2008
Waning Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
10:38 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1056
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 | 241.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 255.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.18° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.14° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.62° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.