The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 19, 1957
Waning Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
4:38 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.9° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.49° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.67° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.