The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 1927
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
3:56 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 54
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 222.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / -2.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.89° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.33° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.