The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
4:07 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 141
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 | 150.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 23.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.71° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.73° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.