The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1957
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
6:08 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 425
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 | 325.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.6° / 206.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 13.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.68° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.62° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.