The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 25, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
4:14 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1180
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 | 133.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 33.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.27° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.56° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| 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.