The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
3:55 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 240
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 | 130.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 38.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -3.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.34° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.32° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.