The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 2050
Waxing Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
12:37 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1576
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 | 68.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 11.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.66° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.82° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.