The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
4:30 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 945
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 26.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -5.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.48° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.15° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.