The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 26, 2041
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
8:37 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1467
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.9° / 132.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.67° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.22° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 205.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.