The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 14, 1957
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 PM
12:18 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.95° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.27° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.66° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.