The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
5:36 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1687
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 | 171.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 325.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.27° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.95° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.