The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1973
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
2:44 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 623
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 | 285.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 243.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / 0.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.93° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.57° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.28° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.