The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
3:18 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 809
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 | 122.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 50.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.17° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.32° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.