The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 26, 2144
Waning Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
3:23 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2738
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 237.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 2.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.78° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.29° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.89° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.