The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 26, 2126
Waxing Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
1:04 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2519
Events on this date
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.32° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.88° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.