The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
3:51 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 5
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 39.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -3.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.86° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.13° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.