The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 1956
Waxing Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.72° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.48° / 2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.59° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.