The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 2042
First Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
2:23 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1477
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 62.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 13.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.49° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.17° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.