The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2038
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
5:55 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1430
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.6° / 238.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 23.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.66° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.07° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.