The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
3:13 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1044
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 | 120.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -4.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.78° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.74° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.