The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
3:30 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3261
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.6° / 36.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.99° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.62° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| 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.