The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2170
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
6:44 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3063
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 310.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.07° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 147.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.