The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 2025
Waning Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
6:11 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1266
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 208.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.98° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.81° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.