The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 1994
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
7:34 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 883
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 | 201.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.18° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.42° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.