The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
4:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1047
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 | 156.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.3° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -20.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.87° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.64° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.