The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
1:08 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1245
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 | 118.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 82.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -28.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.72° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.83° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| 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.