The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 26, 2171
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
1:08 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3072
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.05° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.84° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.