The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 1973
First Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 626
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -18.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.04° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.75° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| 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.