The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 25, 2124
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
4:22 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2491
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 18.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -15.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.40° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.56° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.