The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 26, 2143
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
8:04 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2729
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 312.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.64° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.32° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.6° |
| 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.