The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% 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
6:24 PM
2:18 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1010
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 | 133.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.3° / 63.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -27.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.10° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.45° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.