The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 2023
Waxing Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
2:01 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1242
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 | 79.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 65.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.51° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.98° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.