The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% 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
5:50 PM
2:20 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 626
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.79° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.90° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.