The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 2082
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
9:25 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1975
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,300 km.
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Moon and Venus 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 | 35.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 119.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.63° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.24° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.