The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 26, 1935
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
6:58 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 156
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.0° / 186.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.51° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.94° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.