The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
12:29 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1208
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 | 101.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 87.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -21.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.61° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.66° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.