The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 1986
Waning Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
2:06 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 787
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 21.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.53° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.11° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.