The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 2070
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
6:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1823
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.33° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.23° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.