The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 1916
Waning Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
3:00 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -82
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 | 300.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / 6.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.60° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.