The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
4:08 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1650
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 35.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.04° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.95° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.