The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 1984
First Quarter
45.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
12:06 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 762
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -11.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.80° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.76° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.