The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2128
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
8:40 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2544
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 | 7.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.8° / 131.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 7.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.66° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.51° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| 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.