The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 23, 2025
Waning Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
4:53 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1266
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.1° / 222.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / 7.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.20° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.58° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.