The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
9:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1155
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 | 223.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 269.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.03° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.03° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.