The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
5:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 354.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.12° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.18° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.