The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 1952
Waxing Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
11:51 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 364
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 86.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 26.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.07° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.06° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.54° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.