The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
3:32 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -230
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 | 146.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -9.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.08° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.24° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.