The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 2115
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2380
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 26.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.88° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.54° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.