The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 2135
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
5:18 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2627
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.2° / 328.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -21.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.43° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / 3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.15° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.