The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 1981
Last Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
12:55 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 722
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 244.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -12.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.72° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.34° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.66° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.