The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 1974
First Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 91.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -21.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.36° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.92° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.