The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
4:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2726
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 13.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.97° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.75° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.