The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 25, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
4:09 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1316
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,600 km.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 21.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.45° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.16° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.