The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 2013
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
6:34 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1118
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 11:51 PM, is deepest at 12:10 AM and ends at 12:29 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.9° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.42° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.04° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.