The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 1934
Waning Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
4:58 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 143
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 | 297.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.7° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 26.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.32° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.52° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.