The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 1960
Waxing Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
10:38 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 466
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 | 50.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 107.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.71° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.94° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.