The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 1978
Waning Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
10:33 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 685
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 | 237.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.34° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.62° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.