The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1957
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
4:21 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 20.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.53° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.06° / 4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.47° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.