The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 1957
Waning Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.40° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.16° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.05° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.