The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 1974
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
10:49 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.04° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.98° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.