The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 2017
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
8:42 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1167
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.2° / 137.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 05m / 15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.39° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.73° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 9.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.