The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 2055
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
7:58 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1637
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.3° / 152.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.17° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.09° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.