The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 2102
First Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
2:06 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2219
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 66.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.64° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.36° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.