The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
4:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2256
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 | 155.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.2° / 8.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.69° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.15° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.