The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 1973
First Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
12:37 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 625
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -12.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.06° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.84° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.16° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.