The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
2:28 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 631
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 58.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.04° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.44° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.