The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2181
Waning Gibbous
94.5% 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
9:14 PM
9:11 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3199
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 | 207.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.90° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.