The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 25, 2182
Waning Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
2:02 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3208
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 244.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.08° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.07° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.