The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 2081
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
9:06 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1959
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 | 225.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.08° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.79° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.