The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
2:20 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1143
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 62.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 3.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.38° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.34° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.