The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 1979
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
10:19 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 701
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 | 42.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 109.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -3.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.78° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.37° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.