The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
2:03 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 761
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -12.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.96° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.73° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.