The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 1964
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
10:17 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 515
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 1.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.56° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.54° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| 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.