The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 1924
Waning Crescent
39.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
2:17 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.1%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 17
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 238.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -6.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.85° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.45° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.