The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
4:45 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.0 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 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.3° / 332.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -23.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.10° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.92° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.