The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 2076
Waning Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 AM
2:27 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1897
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 | 285.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 233.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -8.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.63° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.45° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.