The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 1933
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
10:53 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 131
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 5.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.22° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.02° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.