The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2184
Waning Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
12:10 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3236
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 280.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 9.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.98° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.92° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.