The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 9, 1957
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
7:32 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 323.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / 0.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.72° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 29.3° |
| 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.