The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 7, 1974
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
12:56 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 639
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 16m / 20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.02° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.16° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.59° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.