The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 2046
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
12:17 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1526
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 | 258.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -12.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.13° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.19° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.