The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 22, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% 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
5:14 PM
1:07 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1282
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -28.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.53° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.60° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.