The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 16, 1957
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
12:29 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 12.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.50° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.61° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.