The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 2056
Waxing Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
11:52 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1653
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -8.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.47° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.64° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.