The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 2034
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
3:42 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1381
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 | 142.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 33.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.91° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.44° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.