The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2055
Waxing Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
10:58 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1641
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 | 54.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 103.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -5.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.88° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.37° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.