The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 2081
Waning Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1959
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -27.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.52° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.60° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.