The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
1:58 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 70
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 70.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -25.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.66° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.41° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| 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.