The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1935
Waning Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
2:48 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 153
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / 0.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.14° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.67° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| 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.