The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
4:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3196
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.7° / 14.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -14.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.54° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.13° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.