The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
12:53 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 81.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -19.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.34° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.72° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.