The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 1925
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 33
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 | 83.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 92.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -14.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.13° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.44° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.