The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 1964
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
6:25 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 512
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 305.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -19.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.36° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.42° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.