The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
1:24 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -19.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.98° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.40° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.73° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.