The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 1957
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
5:19 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 221.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 11.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.07° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.89° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.