The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
6:02 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2828
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 | 173.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.9° / 318.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.97° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 212.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.