The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 25, 2046
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
11:15 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1526
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 | 247.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.04° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.98° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.