The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 1957
Waning Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
1:27 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.75° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.51° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.82° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.