The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 2095
Waning Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
6:48 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2135
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.5° / 217.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 24.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.85° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.27° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.