The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 2124
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
8:24 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2494
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 309.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / 0.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.19° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.73° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.