The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 1922
Waxing Crescent
20.1% 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
11:19 AM
10:44 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -4
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 106.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -7.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.77° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.57° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.