The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 2149
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
8:29 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2800
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 271.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.61° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.02° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.