The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 26, 2198
Waning Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
12:15 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3406
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 | 256.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.48° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.01° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| 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.