The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 2044
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
7:32 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1501
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.8° / 181.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 20.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.23° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.86° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| 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.