The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
2:44 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -131
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 | 129.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -5.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.47° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.83° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| 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.