The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 2027
Waning Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
11:23 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1291
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 | 249.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.21° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.40° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.