The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Waxing Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
11:26 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1072
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 | 80.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 22m / -23.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.13° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.70° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.09° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.