The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 2, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
4:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 637
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.1° / 355.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -23.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.77° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.77° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.