The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 1902
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
8:39 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -255
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 | 226.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -16.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.01° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.13° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.