The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 1949
Waxing Crescent
8.9% 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
9:45 AM
9:45 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 330
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 115.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -2.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.79° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.43° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| 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.