The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
4:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 354.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.93° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.93° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.