The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 27, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
3:46 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 36.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.92° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.18° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.