The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 2064
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
6:35 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1752
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 323.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -9.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.62° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.26° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.