The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 26, 2182
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
6:38 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3211
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.5° / 190.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 14.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.03° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.52° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.