The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 1997
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 920
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 263.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.39° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.43° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.