The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
4:37 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2222
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.3° / 359.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.67° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.04° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.