The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 2011
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
6:28 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1096
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 | 326.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.0° / 204.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.91° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.93° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.