The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2010
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
8:45 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1084
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 | 201.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 307.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / 2.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.63° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.33° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.