The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 14, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% 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
8:32 PM
5:22 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 625
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.6° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.95° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.72° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.