The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
12:14 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 627
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 90.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -24.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.09° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.15° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.