The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1957
Waning Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
11:31 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.46° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / -2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.41° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.