The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2074
Waxing Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
10:51 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1876
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 | 52.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -5.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.11° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.55° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| 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.