The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 2000
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
6:30 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 960
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 | 321.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.0° / 218.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.52° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / 0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.71° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.