The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 2115
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
11:11 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2380
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.1° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 26.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.93° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.78° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.