The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2187
Waning Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3273
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 | 263.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.27° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.86° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.77° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.