The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 1987
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
9:17 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 800
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 | 24.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 120.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 1.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.13° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.04° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.