The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 1973
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
7:09 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 626
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 | 340.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.3° / 172.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 13.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.44° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.57° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| 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.