The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Waning Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
5:41 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1059
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.9° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 26.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.34° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.04° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.