The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 1957
Waning Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
9:38 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / 1.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.69° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.01° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.