The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 2087
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
7:03 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2036
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.0° / 172.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 11.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.70° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.93° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.