The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 1984
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
11:39 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 762
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / 1.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.28° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.21° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.