The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 1934
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
8:19 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 143
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 | 352.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.5° / 141.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.78° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.04° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.73° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.