The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
1:51 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2049
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.56° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.05° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.