The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
4:30 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 634
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 34.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 11.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.88° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.89° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.