The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 1974
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
1:58 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 639
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 12m / 21.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.20° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.79° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.