The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 2040
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
6:08 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1452
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:59 AM, is deepest at 7:44 AM and ends at 9:30 AM. Totality lasts from 6:58 AM to 8:31 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.7° / 302.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -22.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.43° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.