The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
3:02 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1613
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 53.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.46° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.76° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.