The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
2:17 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.7° / 64.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.60° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.76° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.