The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
6:12 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1217
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:44 AM, is deepest at 7:18 AM and ends at 8:52 AM. Totality lasts from 7:09 AM to 7:27 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.9° / 303.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -21.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.45° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.63° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.