The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2074
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
8:17 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1877
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.8° / 136.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / 1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.14° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.31° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.