The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 7, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
5:39 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 350.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -7.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.99° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.60° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.