The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 2073
Waning Gibbous
78.9% 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
12:04 AM
10:14 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1860
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 | 234.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.82° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.18° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.