The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
3:23 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1279
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 | 127.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 48.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.22° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.95° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.