The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 2024
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
7:18 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1254
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 | 205.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 270.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -28.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.22° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.44° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.