The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 1916
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
6:08 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -79
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 | 337.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.3° / 211.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.69° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.87° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.