The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 25, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
4:03 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2256
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 | 144.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.86° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.34° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.