The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 1974
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
11:05 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 106.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -22.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.71° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.32° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.