The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 2101
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
8:56 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2210
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 125.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / -1.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.75° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.65° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.