The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% 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
5:07 PM
2:11 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 65.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.76° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.52° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.