The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 2070
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
11:58 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1826
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 11.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.07° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / 2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.50° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.