The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 2005
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1019
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -27.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.00° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.83° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.