The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 1976
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
6:45 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 660
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.0° / 191.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.83° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.43° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.