The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% 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
5:38 PM
1:24 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1480
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 | 122.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 79.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -28.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.63° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.04° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| 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.