The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1951
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
11:48 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 351
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 | 255.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 249.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.67° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.42° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.