The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 26, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
3:54 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 206
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 | 144.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 28.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.94° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.24° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| 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.