The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 1973
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
10:26 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 626
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 294.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / 7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.99° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.62° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.