The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 2159
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
2:50 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2924
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 | 118.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 57.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -6.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.70° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.96° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.