The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 25, 2020
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
11:49 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1205
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 | 34.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 39m / 24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.00° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.12° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.