The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 2042
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
1:56 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1477
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.30° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.39° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.