The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 2, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
2:21 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 131
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.7° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -28.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.51° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.30° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.