The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 26, 2197
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
2:41 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3394
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / -5.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.49° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.34° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.