The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 26, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
4:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 911
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 14.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -14.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.28° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.84° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.