The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 2103
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
10:43 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2231
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 | 240.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.50° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.20° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.