The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 1974
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
6:04 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 638
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 321.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.55° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.