The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 26, 2019
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
5:34 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1195
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 | 307.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.9° / 244.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 22.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.93° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.27° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.