The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 1994
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
12:10 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 886
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 | 241.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 286.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 14.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.84° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.50° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.