The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 29, 1957
Waxing Crescent
39.2% 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
1:46 PM
11:47 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.2%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 430
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -19.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.59° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.26° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.11° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.