The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
12:29 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 404
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 87.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.73° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.42° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.