The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 26, 1968
Waxing Crescent
8.4% 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
9:41 AM
9:38 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 565
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 | 33.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 116.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -2.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.02° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.62° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.