The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2125
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 AM
6:21 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2506
Events on this date
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.1° / 202.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.52° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.31° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.