The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
3:37 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 635
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 2.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.68° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.14° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.