The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 1956
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
10:14 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -4.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.28° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.63° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.29° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.