The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 2073
Waning Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
11:13 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1860
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 | 246.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.56° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.38° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.