The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% 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
3:33 PM
12:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2284
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 | 104.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 82.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -18.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.00° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.67° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.