The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 1974
Waxing Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
10:16 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.88° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.12° / 2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.54° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.