The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 1930
Waxing Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
9:50 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 95
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 114.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -1.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.97° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.23° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.