The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 2014
Waning Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
5:49 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1130
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.1° / 208.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 10.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.98° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.59° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.