The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 2068
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
4:05 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1798
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 235.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / 6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.32° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.10° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.