The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 2014
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
6:51 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1130
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 | 334.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.3° / 186.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 13.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.17° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.83° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.