The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
5:51 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 332.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -13.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.04° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.74° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.