The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
3:05 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 339
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 53.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 1.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.40° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.93° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.