The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 2179
Waning Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
10:40 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3171
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 | 238.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 261.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -15.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.32° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.00° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.