The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1900
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
6:00 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -280
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.5° / 221.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.93° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.94° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.