The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
3:03 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -94
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 | 148.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.10° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.75° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.03° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.