The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 1914
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
9:54 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -106
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.8° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 28m / 28.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.92° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.66° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.