The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
2:21 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 908
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 | 102.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 62.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 2.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.75° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.93° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.