The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 1, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
3:30 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 632
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 22.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.49° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.32° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.