The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
3:03 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2689
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 | 123.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -8.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.66° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.55° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| 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.