The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 1974
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
5:22 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 639
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.0° / 230.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 16.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.29° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.64° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.