The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
4:50 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1551
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.6° / 346.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.11° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.66° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.17° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.