The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 4, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
5:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 634
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 7.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 1.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.56° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.55° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.