The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 30, 1957
First Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 430
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 92.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.34° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.75° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.91° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.