The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 2006
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
8:46 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1031
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 | 352.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.8° / 140.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 23.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.09° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.50° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.