The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 2127
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
11:21 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2531
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 | 233.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 7.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.72° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.49° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| 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.