The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
4:11 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1081
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.9° / 20.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.59° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.97° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.