The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1917
Waxing Crescent
29.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.2%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -69
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 | 65.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 86.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.09° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / 3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.53° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.