The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
3:10 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.9° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -19.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.43° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.54° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.56° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.