The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1945
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
6:04 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 277
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 320.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.41° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.