The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 2189
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
7:16 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3298
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 | 187.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 305.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -11.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.61° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.32° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.