The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 26, 1937
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 PM
12:02 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 181
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 | 239.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 15.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.38° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.34° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.