The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 1973
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 626
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.50° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.42° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.