The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 10, 2056
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
8:28 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1652
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.4° / 140.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.56° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.92° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.