The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1973
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
9:21 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 626
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 299.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / 2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.88° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.42° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.