The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
1:35 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 874
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 | 117.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -21.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.10° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.85° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.