The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
2:38 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -32
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 | 111.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / -2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.89° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.70° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.95° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.