The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 1974
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
8:51 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 126.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -14.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.87° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.48° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.98° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.