The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
2:28 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1613
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 | 101.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 4.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.33° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.97° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.