The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 1956
Waning Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 PM
12:00 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 416
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 | 239.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.48° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.13° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.