The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
11:37 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1069
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 | 30.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 90.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 25.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.61° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.36° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.