The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 1900
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
7:35 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -276
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 | 17.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.0° / 147.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / -0.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.00° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.77° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.