The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 1983
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
6:08 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 747
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 312.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.47° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 325.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.