The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
1:08 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 762
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -20.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.07° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.33° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.