The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 28, 1957
Waxing Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
10:53 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 430
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 108.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.45° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.38° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.32° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.