The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 2171
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
12:03 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3072
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 | 258.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 244.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.36° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.63° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.