The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 2012
Waxing Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
12:24 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1106
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 | 63.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 80.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 13.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.38° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.22° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.