The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2108
Waning Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
11:32 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2296
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 | 235.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 8.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.24° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.90° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.