The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
4:12 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3060
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 33.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -4.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.68° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.54° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.