The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 2070
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
7:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1823
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.19° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.41° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.