The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1934
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
11:06 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 144
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.39° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.60° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.