The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 1943
Last Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
1:17 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 252
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.84° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / 2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.04° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.