The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1957
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
5:14 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.8° / 241.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.35° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.24° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.70° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.