The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 2025
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
8:54 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1266
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.0° / 137.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 24.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.14° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.30° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.