The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 2054
Waning Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
10:31 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1625
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 | 237.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 260.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.45° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.59° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.