The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 2047
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 AM
10:49 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1539
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.9° / 98.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 25.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.66° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.99° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.