The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1968
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
8:41 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 561
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.0° / 140.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 42m / 23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.42° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.12° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.