The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
5:19 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 637
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 322.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -22.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.85° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.57° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.