The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
4:06 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 20.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.26° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.37° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.