The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
1:16 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2890
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -27.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.52° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.63° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.