The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 2110
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% 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
6:09 PM
3:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2321
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.2° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.75° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.63° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.