The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 1979
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
9:28 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 698
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 | 8.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.1° / 120.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 49m / 17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.93° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.63° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.