The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 2024
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1254
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 | 217.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -27.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.66° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.63° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.