The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
12:40 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 84.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.92° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.94° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.