The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 26, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
2:26 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -264
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 | 139.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.72° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.11° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.