The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 1971
Waxing Crescent
27.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
10:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.2%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 602
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.38° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.71° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.