The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 26, 2002
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
10:14 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 985
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 1.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.46° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.92° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.