The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 1, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
3:53 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 634
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 44.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 16.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.57° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.06° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.