The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 1956
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
9:08 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 123.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 6.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.99° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.78° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.