The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 1957
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
6:47 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 428
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.8° / 187.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.44° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.18° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.