The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 1913
Waning Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -116
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 28.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.30° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.08° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.72° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.