The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
4:21 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1616
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 | 150.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.3° / 15.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.13° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.64° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.