The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
6:00 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 334.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -10.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.06° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.82° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.99° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.