The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
2:03 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1715
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 | 129.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 69.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -27.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.70° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.25° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.