The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
2:34 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1947
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 | 97.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 60.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.80° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / -2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.58° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.