The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
4:42 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1650
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 18.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -7.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.95° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.76° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.