The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2060
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
8:51 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1703
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 | 7.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 127.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 10.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.43° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.97° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.