The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 2019
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
12:07 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1192
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 | 258.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 246.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.03° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.80° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.