The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 2157
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
7:35 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2899
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -27.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.16° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.62° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| 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.