The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 13, 1957
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
11:20 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.64° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.48° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.