The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
12:41 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 85.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.63° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.16° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.