The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
1:27 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2420
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 | 123.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.9° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -28.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.55° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.26° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.