The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
5:06 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 638
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.0° / 341.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.71° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / -3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.12° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| 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.