The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
1:34 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1109
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 | 117.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -20.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.18° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.06° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.