The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 1973
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
9:35 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 627
Events on this date
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 118.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.86° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.24° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.