The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2018
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
6:51 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1183
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 313.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -11.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.25° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / 3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.