The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 2056
Waxing Crescent
22.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
11:18 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.7%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1653
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 99.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -3.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.18° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.86° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.