The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 24, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
3:00 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1282
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.9° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -24.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.41° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.21° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.