The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 1956
Waxing Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
11:22 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 101.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -13.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.71° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.73° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.82° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.