The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 1974
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
8:00 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 638
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 302.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -7.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.29° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.45° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.8° |
| 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.