The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 1902
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
1:40 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -252
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.74° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.26° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.