The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 1957
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
10:22 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 301.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.51° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.29° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| 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.