The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 25, 2057
Last Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
1:19 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1662
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.68° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.42° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.