The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1928
First Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
2:38 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 67
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 13.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.47° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.88° / -6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.58° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.