The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 10, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
2:10 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 625
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 68.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.64° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.52° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.