The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 1954
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 AM
7:08 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 391
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 | 338.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.5° / 174.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 14.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.85° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.76° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.