The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
1:05 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 625
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 80.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.49° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.94° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.