The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
12:30 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -165
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 | 119.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 88.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.74° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.69° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.