The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 1989
Waning Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
5:47 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 824
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.9° / 252.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 26.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.85° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.22° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.