The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 1911
Waxing Crescent
8.0% 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
8:29 AM
8:46 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -140
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 | 32.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 127.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / 0.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.99° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.53° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.