The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
2:20 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2083
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 62.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 7.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.84° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.37° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| 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.