The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 2164
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
12:20 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2986
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 80.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 14.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.00° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.42° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.