The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 25, 2012
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1106
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 | 51.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.78° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.45° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.