The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 2011
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
3:09 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1093
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 | 290.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 241.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 3.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.74° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.66° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.