The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 1995
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
6:28 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 895
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 | 330.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.0° / 196.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 13.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.13° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.00° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.