The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 26, 2024
Last Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1257
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 | 273.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 26.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.37° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.72° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| 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.