The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 2008
Waning Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
11:42 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1056
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -15.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.58° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.99° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.82° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.