The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% 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
2:41 PM
11:59 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -66
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 | 101.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.99° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.31° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.