The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 2, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
1:00 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 80.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -19.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.34° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.60° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.54° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.