The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
3:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 131
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,600 km.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.0° / 23.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -26.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.31° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.11° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.