The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 2074
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
9:30 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1873
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 119.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 51m / 18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.67° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.84° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.