The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 1972
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
9:01 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 614
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 305.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / 3.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.41° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.95° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.