The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 1975
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
7:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 648
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 | 197.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.59° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.61° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.