The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 1903
Waxing Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
9:36 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -239
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 | 52.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 118.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -8.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.50° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.00° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.86° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.