The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% 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
4:34 PM
1:27 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 76.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -21.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.69° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.96° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.