The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
12:28 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 973
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 | 99.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 87.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -20.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.39° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.23° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.46° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.