The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 26, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
1:08 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1814
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 | 108.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 79.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -19.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.94° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.85° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.