The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 2152
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
1:22 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2837
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 239.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.10° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.24° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.