The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
64.7% 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
4:22 PM
12:21 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1282
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -27.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.66° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.80° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| 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.