The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 1921
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -20
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 | 234.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.36° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.42° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.