The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 1926
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
10:27 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 45
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 | 224.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.07° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.92° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| 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.