The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
3:46 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 33.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.10° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.96° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.