The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 1956
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
8:56 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 305.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / 2.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.58° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.56° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.8° |
| 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.