The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 2013
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
7:36 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1118
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 | 200.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 283.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.55° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.22° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.