The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
6:35 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 335.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.86° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.42° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.