The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 2006
Waxing Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
9:26 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1035
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 118.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -2.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.40° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.24° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.