The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 2087
Last Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
1:37 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2033
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 | 272.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -3.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.51° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.64° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.47° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| 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.