The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 2005
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1022
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 278.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 24.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.84° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.92° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.