The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 2016
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
3:56 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1158
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 | 289.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 33m / 18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.60° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.37° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.