The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 26, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
2:44 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2454
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 | 114.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.12° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.35° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.