The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 2017
Waxing Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
11:10 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1171
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 101.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -8.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.70° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.74° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.