The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 PM
3:07 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 574
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / -0.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.48° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.12° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.