The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 1989
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
11:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 821
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 | 250.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.20° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.03° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.