The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
1:21 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 631
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.49° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.24° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.59° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.