The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 1953
Waning Gibbous
94.9% 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
9:02 PM
9:04 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 379
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 | 205.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 304.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 3.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.89° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.13° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.