The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 2043
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
7:40 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1489
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -28.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.00° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.22° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.