The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1956
Waning Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
7:38 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 413
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 | 202.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 280.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -21.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.92° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.00° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.