The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
4:21 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 441
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.0° / 16.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.97° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.46° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.