The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 1919
Waning Crescent
12.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
5:40 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -45
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.0° / 217.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.78° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.00° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.