The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
12:04 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2148
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 | 97.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -23.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.75° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.66° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.