The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1918
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
6:28 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -57
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 | 188.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.1° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -23.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.10° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.45° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.