The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
1:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.78° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.34° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.