The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
2:02 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 673
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 | 96.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.71° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.74° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.