The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2123
Waxing Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
10:45 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2482
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.17° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.92° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.