The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
4:11 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 475
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 | 135.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 33.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.41° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.52° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.