The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 2116
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
9:53 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2395
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 | 216.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 2.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.95° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.31° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.