The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 2104
Waxing Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
10:47 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2247
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 | 65.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 107.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.37° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.50° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.