The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 23, 1973
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
2:50 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 625
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.07° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.57° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.12° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.