The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2021
Waning Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
11:01 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1220
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 | 230.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 6.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.65° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.70° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.