The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 1973
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
7:16 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 626
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 312.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -8.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.31° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.05° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.