The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
2:33 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 761
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 61.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 22m / -17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.64° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.53° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.