The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 1957
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.59° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.47° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.95° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.