The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 2154
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
4:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2862
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 7.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.24° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.53° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.