The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 25, 2074
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
8:34 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1872
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.0° / 138.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.77° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.92° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 19.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.