The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
12:33 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 169
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 87.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -24.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.23° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.01° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.