The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 25, 2015
First Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
1:49 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1143
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 68.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 7.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.54° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.55° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.