The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 26, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
2:48 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 54.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -13.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.04° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.36° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.