The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 4, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
5:13 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 633
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 26.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 19.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.19° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.16° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.