The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 2078
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
10:33 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1925
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 5.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.25° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.90° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.