The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% 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
1:01 PM
3:27 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 633
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 48.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 23.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.53° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.48° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| 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.