The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 2098
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
4:33 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2169
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 223.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.03° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.15° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.