The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 2048
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
10:07 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1554
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 | 216.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.05° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.89° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.6° |
| 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.