The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 14, 1974
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
6:34 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 639
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 177.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 6.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.13° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.09° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.