The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 1956
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
5:21 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 415
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.6° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 21.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.93° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.99° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.