The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
3:02 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1848
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 | 113.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.27° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.96° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.