The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 2022
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
5:16 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1229
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.6° / 212.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 6.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.53° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.14° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.