The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2063
Waxing Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
9:30 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1740
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 | 36.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 118.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.26° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.03° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.