The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 2025
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
7:32 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1266
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.4° / 180.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.01° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.06° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.