The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 2156
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
1:26 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2887
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 70.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.78° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.00° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.