The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
5:33 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1217
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 334.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.25° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.55° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.