The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
1:23 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -267
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / -0.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.34° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.23° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.