The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 1957
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
6:03 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.6° / 218.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.67° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.94° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.