The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
12:37 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1579
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 | 102.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.18° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.65° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.