The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
5:04 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 634
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 22.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 6.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.23° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.72° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.