The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2040
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
11:40 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1455
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 9.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.07° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.49° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.