The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
3:17 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1146
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 43.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.46° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.23° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.