The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 2129
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
1:47 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2553
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 12.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.42° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.17° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.