The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 1960
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
9:47 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 463
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 | 12.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 114.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.05° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.21° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.