The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 25, 2183
Waxing Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3221
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 86.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.23° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.06° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.