The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 29, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
5:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 359.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -0.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.98° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.84° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.