The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
2:59 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1514
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -3.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.48° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.36° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.