The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
4:24 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 633
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 38.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 33m / 22.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.73° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.04° / 2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.32° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.