The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1974
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
8:14 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 134.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -10.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.67° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.21° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.4° |
| 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.