The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 1973
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
10:38 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 626
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 106.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -5.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.57° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.82° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.44° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.