The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 26, 2097
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
10:32 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2160
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 5.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.97° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.70° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.