The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
1:31 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 626
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.9° / 77.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -24.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.00° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.11° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.