The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2077
First Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1913
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.88° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.46° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.