The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 26, 2185
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
5:42 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3245
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.7° / 203.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 6.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.26° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.40° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.