The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
3:12 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 104
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 | 114.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 52.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 1.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.90° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.73° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.