The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
2:52 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3258
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 8.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.52° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.78° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.