The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 25, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
3:02 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1279
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 | 116.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -2.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.75° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.15° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.