The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 25, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
1:50 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 69.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.21° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.54° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.