The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 1973
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
9:43 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 626
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 6.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.84° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.93° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.