The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
2:05 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 203
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 | 99.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.65° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.36° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.