The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 1933
Waxing Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
10:42 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 132
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 | 66.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 108.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.94° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.10° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.