The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% 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
3:14 PM
5:39 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 632
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 22.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 23.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.11° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.04° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.