The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2164
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% 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
3:26 PM
12:49 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2989
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 82.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.90° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.24° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.