The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 2084
Last Quarter
50.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
1:17 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.9%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1996
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.52° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.80° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.