The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
3:38 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 631
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.03° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.30° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.