The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
9:39 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 116.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -7.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.22° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.43° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.